Andrew Bloomberg
@andrewbloomberg
He/him. Dad, husband, immigration lawyer (but doesn’t work here). Pro Popular Front, pro Sewer Socialism, anti borders. Minnesotan in Wisconsin exile. Mostly posts food, bad history jokes, kid stuff, and about the Minnesota Goddamn Timberwolves.
And the Academic Award for “subtly in eunuch costume design” goes to…
It’s Friday night, I’ve slept maybe 10 solid hours since Tuesday night with my travel problems, and we are starting (not finishing!) the 1963 Liz Taylor Cleopatra. Let’s go bankrupt some studios!
Culver’s in Arizona is a sign of the decadent overextension of Midwestern culture, like Roman villas in Britain
Going to southern Arizona in July for a short work thing, but the side benefit is that the heat index will be slightly lower than here
Finished the Caravaggio book and, feeling an artist kick, decided to start this, which has been on my list for a while. And wow does going from an extremely wealthy Lima childhood to 1850s bourgeois Orleans, as Gauguin did when he was 7, seem like a pretty extreme culture shock.
Do you think we find out where all the art went after this one?
A few years back @jamellebouie.net posted a snack of brioche with pimento cheese, a thick slice of tomato, and sea salt. This is now a frequent summer go to in our house (pictured today, for breakfast, with maple bacon). That’s public service journalism.
Not a bad spot to be reading and waiting for tacos on a work trip
The camera showing Diego Simeone is a fun reminder that Diego Simeone looks just like Tom Waits
Turn any salad into a full meal with this one simple trick (make it a Panzanella) Peach, cucumber, sautéed halloumi, pistachios, onion, garlic, lime, and cilantro and - get this - I made that bad boy into a Panzanella with some big chunks of olive oil soaked toasted bread
Given that we’re stuck in O’Hare for the foreseeable future due to a thunderstorm, I’m enjoying looking at pictures of the Mediterranean thunderstorm from earlier in our week (as well as last night’s sunset)
“Oh, so you had to try to stay afloat long enough to eliminate the political will of your opponent in one war against one country that lasted four years? That must have been so hard for you.”
A continuing series on the topic of accomplishments of western civilization greater than dudes in armor killing each other
This is a higher peak of Western Civilization than anything the racist marble statue brigade talks about
To enter the Archaeological Museum of Lacco Ameno in Ischia, you must first gain the approval of a fierce beast, constantly vigilant
Teaching Italians how to say ”ope, that’s quite a light show” and “we really needed that rain”
We made it to Ischia this morning for the second part of our trip, and this is a very dangerous place for me to be as a Midwesterner, it’s way too nice and gives me ideas above my station.
Hey, yeah, je suis the guy who attached this head of Napoleon onto the statue of Caesar Augustus that I found. Oh, no, that’s not necessary, I did it out of my profound admiration, not for any monetary reward. Ok, if you insist!
Naples is a fantastic city in many ways, but one of my favorites is that 1) there’s a pet cemetery called “Il Riposo Di Snoopy,” and 2) someone has pasted a notice for a funeral at that cemetery for their dog, Minnie, over one of the ubiquitous (human) funeral notices
Haven't seen France get out to such a promising early lead in Naples since 1494
This painting of a charming imp in a Napoli jersey stealing a pizza from a kid in an Inter Milan jersey, while Maradona, like Mufasa in the sky, celebrates, is my favorite of the locally extremely popular “Maradona tribute” genre